June 20, 2025
John C. Calhoun Redux: Gavin Newsom, Lawfare, and the New Nullification
By Charlton Allen
If Judge Charles Breyer’s order reads like carefully woven case law missing the point of the exercise, that’s because it is.
His injunction requiring President Trump to return control of the California National Guard to Governor Gavin Newsom isn’t just wrong—it’s historically uninformed, legally unsound, and politically transparent.
Judge Breyer claims the federalization violated the Tenth Amendment, accusing Trump of commandeering California’s Guard.
That’s an astonishing claim—especially coming from a progressive legal movement that had little concern for the Tenth Amendment when President Biden imposed vaccine mandates, micromanaged school funding, or sued Texas for trying to defend its border.
For the left, the Tenth Amendment is a relic—until a Republican president sits in the Oval Office.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/06/john_c_calhoun_redux_gavin_newsom_lawfare_and_the_new_nullification.html
